Convertibles or Sedans?

It is possible the top didn't go up anymore on that car.  My grandmother had a friend with a car like that.  The lady just laughed about it and said, "Yes, I don't go out if its going to rain or snow."

I love that '59 Caddy. Lol on the suspects being pulled over by the cops. I have heard more than one person refer to red on any car as being called "arrest me red". No offense to anyone with a red car (I happen to like that color).

 I have heard more than one person refer to red on any car as being called "arrest me red". No offense to anyone with a red car (I happen to like that color).

An XGF who is a retired detective told me she would never own a red car for exactly that reason. The funny thing is, I used to have a red Porsche and I never even got pulled over in it, but I got two tickets in a white one. 

Good evening, It's winter time on my layout all the time so a convertible would be a bit out of place.

My choice is sedans and  large and small trucks from the thirty's and forty's.

Some insurance companies had an extra charge attached to red cars at one time.

Its more likely to be noticed, so getting pulled over for something is almost inevitable.

Yellow is the safest if you want to be seen by traffic.

  I kept a VW van, and a robins egg blue/white Deluxe Micro-bus with full sized cloth sunroof. About as close to a convertible as any "van" ever got.

 The van is a black and white one, and has a police bubblegum machine on the roof now (a micro-bus has windows, a kombi has windows on one side only, van has no side windows)

 A sleeper, rumor has it the confiscated twin turbo Porsche drive train is no joke

 I had a tootsie toy pickup truck that was a convertible because it was broken. But I eventually fabricated a great roof that is actually likely taller than the original. It adds to "big window look" of old 50s pickups. It actually draws the most eyes other than the trains. (Highly detailed and weathered, olive drab paint....

 and hot rod red wheels, but nobody notices them!

"Why do I keep looking at that old pickup with the milk cans?" . Another sleeper.

 I have a 50s-60s cheap plastic Japanese tootsie toy/Lego knock off that is a fire truck. Its a broken convertible too but has also been here since I was a boy so it stays! 

The only thing Id still buy VW wise would be a Deluxe 1950s split window Beetle with the full sized pull back "canvas" sunroof. Always room for that machine.

I have two O slot cars "on blocks" at a "repair shop" to mask the fact they don't sit flat. Two mid 60s Vettes. Hard tops.

My final tally put things at 51% convertibles, not counting sunroofs. The two Tonka dune buggies put me solidly over the halfway point . 

I have had several red cars and never got ticketed in them, and later I preferred yellow, and had several, and these, I thought were less likely to be in an accident,

for they were more conspicuous than red.  That 1954 Chevy I mentioned above was

a dark red, and was driven all over the country, and my mother never got a ticket in

it.

Now I prefer silver, metallic gray, silver blue....something close to those.